Michèle Roberts’ second novel offers a more tentative vision of
a woman’s life than the novels which precede and succeed it. In
many ways The Visitation may be read as a transitional text
in Roberts’ oeuvre, problematizing the conclusions reached
in her first novel, A Piece of the Night[see
entry], and introducing issues raised more explicitly in her
later work. This novel follows a central protagonist, Helen Home,
in her search for a balance between her relationships with men, her
intimate friendships with women, and her desire to be a writer. The
novel begins in the womb, where Helen and her twin brother, Felix,
are …

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Citation:
White, Rosemary. "The Visitation".
The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 January 2004
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10196, accessed 03 August 2015.]

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